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SUMMARY:“When Informants Become Knowledge Producers: Rethinking Great Zimbabwe”
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Prof. Shadreck Chirikure\, School of Archaeology\, University of Oxford: Using the lenses of insurgent scholarship\, this paper addresses itself to a contradiction that characterised southern African archaeology from the 1980s and has residuals in the present. Archaeology in Africa’ southern third\, like elsewhere\, was introduced as a tool of empire. The first westerners (antiquarians) to encounter Great Zimbabwe speculated that it was exotic in origin because Africans lacked capacity to make such a unique achievement. Professional archaeologists such as Gertrude Caton-Thompson overturned this exotic origins speculation. Interestingly\, both antiquarians and professional archaeologists relied on local informants to explain features and identify material culture at Great Zimbabwe and related sites. Both groups collected ethnographies and oral traditions from African informants who were never mentioned by name in publications. The first cohort of homegrown archaeologists emerged in the 1980s when Zimbabwe achieved independence. Inevitably\, some of the interpretations by established western archaeologists came under challenge. In defence\, some professional archaeologists insinuated that indigenous archaeologists did not know features they were excavating. Ironically\, they provided information used by western archaeologists to interpret the same features! What new meanings emerge when experiential knowledge is combined with scientific approaches to reignite a homegrown understanding of Great Zimbabwe? We use the results of new excavations and scientific work performed at Great Zimbabwe over the past ten years\, to develop new interpretations of everyday life\, urbanism and economic connections at various scales.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/when-informants-become-knowledge-producers-rethinking-great-zimbabwe/
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prof. Florie Bugarin":MAILTO:fbugarin@howard.edu
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SUMMARY:Kings\, Queens\, Commoners\, and Captives: What Can Archaeology Tell Us About Dahomean Society in the Era of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
DESCRIPTION:Lecture: The Kingdom of Dahomey\, in the modern Republic of Benin\, stands as one of the most comprehensively researched kingdoms in precolonial West Africa. Decades of historical\, anthropological\, and art historical research have cast important light on the origins of the precolonial polity\, and its rise\, expansion\, and transformation through its participation into the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Since the year 2000\, Professor J. Cameron Monroe has led archaeological surveys and excavations at palace sites\, urban centers\, and rural villages across the Abomey Plateau\, the political heartland of the kingdom. In this presentation\, he will discuss how archaeological research is reshaping our understanding of the nature and extent of Dahomey political power in the Atlantic era\, and its impact on local communities across the region.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/kings-queens-commoners-and-captives-what-can-archaeology-tell-us-about-dahomean-society-in-the-era-of-the-trans-atlantic-slave-trade/
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Prof. Florie Bugarin":MAILTO:fbugarin@howard.edu
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